Transfer WhatsApp chats from phone to phone

Guide: Learn how to transfer WhatsApp chat history between different devices

WhatsApp is one of the most used instant messaging client through various platforms, like iOS, Android, Windows Phone and others used to replace SMS and MMS messaging services.

WhatsApp chat history is stored in different formats (.crypt, .crypt12, .db) and in various locations depending on the mobile platforms.

This article covers the transfer of WhatsApp chat history between old and new devices on same platform. This operation seems to be difficult, however if you follow our instructions, you can solve the problem in few easy steps.

It is important to know that in order to restore your chat history on new phone, you will need to use WhatsApp account with the same telephone number.

How to move WhatsApp chats on Google Android

Now if you have old and new Android phone with SD card slot, you can use SD card to transport WhatsApp chats.

Open any file management tool in your old phone, like Astro Manager, Root Explorer etc. and check where is stored your WhatsApp folder.

WhatsApp for Android database folder

If it is on SD card, switch off the old phone, remove SD card from it and pop SD card to new phone.

Install WhatsApp app to new phone.

Install WhatsApp for Android

Open WhatsApp and you will be prompted to restore your message history.

Restore chats in WhatsApp for Android

If you have WhatsApp folder stored on phone internal memory, you need to transport it to same internal memory location on new phone.

Copy WhatsApp database folder in Root Explorer

In case you have SD card slot on both phones, you can copy WhatsApp folder from internal memory to SD card with a file management tool.

You can do this by removing SD card from old phone → pop SD card to new phone → copy WhatsApp folder back to internal storage → Install WhatsApp → start WhatsApp and you will be prompted to restore your message history.

If you don't have phone/phones with SD card slot you can use computer instead. Connect old phone via USB to computer → open internal storage → copy WhatsApp folder to computer → connect new phone to computer → copy WhatsApp folder to internal storage of new phone → install WhatsApp → start WhatsApp and you will be prompted to restore your message history.

Start new iPhone and you will be prompted by iOS Setup Assistant how to setup your new iPhone → selectRestore from iCloud Backup option. After that your conversations will be available in WhatsApp installed to new iPhone.

iTunes Backup

The most convenient way on iPhone is to use older backups made in Apple iTunes.

To restore WhatsApp conversation to new iPhone → Install WhatsApp → login with your telephone number and you will be prompted to restore your chat conversations.

Restore WhatsApp chat history

To use WhatsApp iCloud backup function you need to have iCloud backup function for iPhone enabled.

How to move WhatsApp chats on Windows Phone

To transfer your chat history from your old Windows Phone to the new one you need to have phones with SD card slot. You must have made a WhatsApp backup on your external SD card. After that pop the SD Card to new phone and install WhatsApp. After first start you will be prompted to recover your WhatsApp chat from backup.

How to create backup and restore WhatsApp chat on Windows Phone

How to move WhatsApp chats on BlackBerry 10

There are two options How to move WhatsApp chats from old BlackBerry to new one, with BlackBerry Link and manual transfer.

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